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Chapter 5 - Procedures Flashcards

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What are procedures also known as?

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Subroutines and functions.

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What is the structure of a stack?

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LIFO (Last In, First Out).

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Which registers manage the runtime stack?

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SS (stack segment) and ESP (stack pointer).

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What does the ESP register hold in 32-bit mode?

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A 32-bit address in the stack.

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What happens during a 32-bit push operation?

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ESP is decremented by 4 and a value is copied into the location pointed by ESP.

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What does a pop operation do?

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Returns a copy of the value in the stack and increments the stack pointer.

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What is the syntax for a 32-bit PUSH operation?

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PUSH r/m32 or PUSH imm32.

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What is the effect of a 16-bit operand in PUSH operation?

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ESP is decremented by 2.

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What is the purpose of the PUSHFD instruction?

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To push the 32-bit EFLAGS register on the stack.

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What is the structure of a procedure declaration in assembly?

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PROC and ENDP directives with a name.

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What does the CALL instruction do?

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Pushes the return address on the stack and copies the called procedure’s address into EIP.

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What does the RET instruction do?

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Brings the processor back to the point where the procedure was called.

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What is a nested procedure call?

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When a called procedure calls another procedure before returning.

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What is the difference between local and global labels?

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Local labels are visible only inside the same procedure; global labels are visible everywhere.

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What is the purpose of parameters in procedures?

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To make procedures flexible and usable in different contexts.

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What does the USES operator do?

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Lists registers to be saved and restored within a procedure.

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What is the structure of the ArraySum procedure?

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Calculates the sum of an array of 32-bit integers.

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What is a link library?

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A file containing compiled procedures from one or more OBJ files.

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What is the purpose of the INCLUDE directive?

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To copy in procedure prototypes into the source code.

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What does the Crlf procedure do?

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Writes the end of line sequence to standard output.

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Fill in the blank: The first instruction executed in a procedure is the _______.

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CALL instruction.

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True or False: The stack grows upward in memory.

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False.

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What does the DumpMem procedure do?

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Writes block of memory to standard output in hex

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What is the purpose of the GetCommandtail procedure?

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Copies command-line args into array of bytes

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What does the GetDateTime procedure retrieve?
Gets the current date and time from the system
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What information does GetMaxXY provide?
Gets number of cols, rows in console window buffer
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What does GetMseconds return?
Returns milliseconds elapsed since midnight
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What does the GetTextColor procedure return?
Returns active foreground and background text colors in the console window
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What is the function of Gotoxy?
Locates cursor at row and column on the console
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What does the IsDigit procedure do?
Sets Zero flag if AL contains ASCII code for decimal digit (0–9)
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What is the MsgBox procedure used for?
Displays popup message boxes
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What does OpenInputFile do?
Opens existing file for input
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What does the ParseDecimal32 procedure convert?
Converts unsigned integer string to binary
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What is the purpose of ParseInteger32?
Converts signed integer string to binary
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What does the Random32 procedure generate?
Generates 32-bit pseudorandom integer in the range 0 to FFFFFFFFh
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What is the purpose of the Randomize procedure?
Seeds the random number generator
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What does RandomRange do?
Generates a pseudorandom integer within a specified range
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What does ReadChar read from the keyboard?
Reads a single character from standard input
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What value does ReadDec return?
Reads 32-bit unsigned decimal integer from keyboard
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What does ReadHex read?
Reads 32-bit hexadecimal integer from keyboard
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What does ReadInt read from the keyboard?
Reads 32-bit signed decimal integer from keyboard
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What does ReadKey do?
Reads character from keyboard input buffer
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What is the function of ReadString?
Reads string from stdin, terminated by [Enter]
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What does the SetTextColor procedure do?
Sets foreground/background colors of all subsequent text output to the console
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What does Str_compare do?
Compares two strings
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What is the function of Str_copy?
Copies a source string to a destination string
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What does Str_length return?
Returns the length of a string in EAX
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What does Str_trim do?
Removes unwanted characters from a string
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What is the purpose of Str_ucase?
Converts a string to uppercase letters
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What does WaitMsg do?
Displays message, waits for Enter key to be pressed
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What does WriteBin do?
Writes unsigned 32-bit integer in ASCII binary format
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What does WriteChar write to standard output?
Writes a single character to standard output
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What format does WriteDec use to write an integer?
Writes unsigned 32-bit integer in decimal format
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What does WriteHex write?
Writes an unsigned 32-bit integer in hexadecimal format
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What does WriteInt do?
Writes signed 32-bit integer in decimal format
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What does WriteString write to the console?
Writes null-terminated string to console window
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What does WriteToFile do?
Writes buffer to output file
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What does WriteWindowsMsg display?
Displays most recent error message generated by MS-Windows
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What does the Crlf procedure do?
Writes an end-of-line sequence to the console
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What is the purpose of Random64?
Generates a 64-bit pseudorandom integer
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What does ReadInt64 do?
Reads a 64-bit signed integer from the keyboard
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What is the Irvine32 library used for?
Use for all standard I/O and data conversion
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What is a procedure in programming?
Named block of executable code
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What is the runtime stack?
LIFO structure holds return addresses, parameters, local variables
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What does the PUSH operation do?
Adds value to stack
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What does the POP operation do?
Removes value from stack
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What is the range of integers for ReadInt?
−2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,647
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What happens if ReadDec reads a blank integer?
EAX = 0 and CF = 1
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What happens if ReadDec reads an integer larger than 2^32−1?
EAX = 0 and CF = 1

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